Is jazz suitable for corporate events? Some of our clients have asked me if jazz is right for a corporate event. In a word – yes! We have many corporate bookers who keep coming back for more. This year Savills have hired the Sara Oschlag Trio three times. The first occasion was a cocktail party

Will the band take up too much space? It’s a common misconception that a band has to take up a lot of floor space. Some potential clients opt for a DJ instead, as they mistakenly believe that will take up less room. In fact, when you hire a jazz band they don’t tend to bring

‘Will the band be too loud?’ There’s a question I hear a lot. The straight answer is no, not if you book your band through The Jazz Agency. I can sum up, in one word, the reason why our bands will never play at an inappropriate volume: experience. With experience comes wisdom, and wisdom tells

It’s been a while since I blogged. I’ve been very busy with the business of playing my instrument. That’s what it’s all about – playing my bass. When I’m not doing that, I’m generally focussed on creating more opportunities to play. There are some exceptions – I have to eat, for example. In fact, I’m

Down here in the Home Counties there are many resources for the aspiring jazz musician. This agency is based in Brighton, and in this town alone I can think of several jazz schools. Pianist Wayne McConnell runs Brighton Jazz School, which runs courses for beginners on various instruments. Here’s Wayne’s description of what his core

A question I hear fairly regularly: “Why does your agency only supply jazz?” The short answer: jazz is my area of expertise; it also happens to be my passion. I’m one of the lucky few who can make a living doing what I love to do – playing jazz. The long answer goes like this:

Whilst adding bands to the site I’ve noticed that a high proportion of our musicians have been hired by celebrities. I confess, celebrity culture isn’t high on the list of things I’m interested in, but in this instance I was genuinely interested to see which celebrities like jazz. There are a few obvious ones, for

Jazz has many styles – from the early days of Ragtime, around 1900, it evolved through many periods to the present day. Granted, very few people will hire a contemporary jazz band for their wedding. A lot of weddings, parties and corporate events are based on a theme, generally harking back to a certain era.

Although we’ve all been working professional jazz musicians for more than 20 years, this is a new site with a new approach, taking the business model we’ve been using and updating it to fit in with today’s world of social media, internet presence and all the other new-fangled shenanigans. When we started out as jazz